San Jose, United States of America
21 hours ago
Technical Fellow (Silicon FPGA Architecture)

Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 20,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology, Inc.

People come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential. Microchip’s nationally-recognized Leadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our Vision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it’s won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence.

Our company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over 30 years of quarterly profitability without a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you.

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Job Description:

This position is to lead & manage the Programmable Fabric Architecture team of Microchip’s FPGA Division. Microchip is a major supplier of low-power and highly-reliable field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), a type of programmable logic chip. Our FPGAs are used in a wide variety of applications, including: embedded vision; digital signal processing; machine learning; industrial and medical equipment; and satellites. Microchip is also a pioneer in embedding RiscV processors in FPGAs.

Responsibilities will include a mixture of the following to suit your interests and skills:

Manage an Advanced Development team that develops next generation FPGA Architectures and provide architectural leadership for fabrics across the organizationLead the development of FPGA fabric architectures that support a range of applications across communications, industrial, and aerospacePropose and evaluate logic and routing for future FPGA architectures, and help drive performance, power, and cost targetsPropose and validate the incorporation of hardened functions to implement specialized accelerators for target applications, including machine learningDrive/collaborate on the development of FPGA application benchmarks, either by coding them in RTL, using state-of-the-art high-level synthesis tools, or developing algorithms to generate them automaticallyDevelop other software tools to support architecture efforts, applying graph algorithms, statistical modeling, combinatorial optimization, and machine learningAnalyze and share data with various groups within the company, including Software Engineering, Circuit Design, Marketing and Applications Engineers. This broad organizational exposure will provide an unusual opportunity for learning and advancementDevelop software and architectures to accelerate machine learning on FPGAsSupport current FPGA product/platforms as necessaryDevelop other software tools to support our efforts, applying graph algorithms, statistical modeling, and combinatorial optimization

 

We value articulate, creative, and self-motivated people. You will have the opportunity to learn needed skills from your team members as well as outside industry and academic experts.

Requirements/Qualifications:

15+ years of relevant work experiencePhD in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Math, Statistics or PhysicsPractical coding experience in Verilog, VHDL, Python, or C/C++, demonstrated in research projects or prior work experienceFamiliarity with at least one of these areas: digital logic design; custom IC design, data structures and algorithms; linear algebra; processor architecture; compiler tools (e.g., LLVM)Proven experience in leading and managing engineering teamsStrong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams

Travel Time:

0% - 25%

Physical Attributes:

Feeling, Hearing, Other, Seeing, Supervises Others, Talking, Works Alone, Works Around Others

Physical Requirements:

80% Sitting, 10% Walking, 10% Standing, Usual Business Hours

Pay Range:

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive base pay, restricted stock units, and quarterly bonus payments. In addition to these components, our package includes health benefits that begin day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry leading ESPP program with a 2 year look back feature. Find more information about all our benefits at the link below:

Benefits of working at Microchip

The annual base salary range for this position, which could be performed in California, is $180,000 - $265,000.*

*Range is dependent on numerous factors including job location, skills and experience.

Microchip Technology Inc is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

For more information on applicable equal employment regulations, please refer to the EEO is the Law Poster and the EEO is the Law Poster Supplement. Please also refer to the Pay Transparency Policy Statement.

To all recruitment agencies: Microchip Technology Inc. does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our recruiting team or other Microchip employees. Microchip is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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